Jump Blues

**MarkRhodes** · 11-19-2015, 08:06 PM

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown doing "She Walks Right In."

**mrcee** · 11-20-2015, 01:51 AM

I posted this elsewhere

Swangin'

**MarkRhodes** · 11-20-2015, 11:06 AM

Junior Watson with "Junior's Bounce" live. Not the best sound, but hey, he beardless here, and that you gotta see! ;o)

**MarkRhodes** · 11-20-2015, 11:11 AM

Duke Robillard doing "Love Slipped In"

**neatomic** · 12-02-2015, 07:29 PM

cool new vid, posted by tk smith...tk's "special" guitar through magnatone amp sure sounds authentic vintage great..nice exchanges with tommy h on fender

good stuff

cheers

**MarkRhodes** · 12-02-2015, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by neatomic

cool new vid, posted by tk smith...tk's "special" guitar through magnatone amp sure sounds authentic vintage great..nice exchanges with tommy h on fender

I just saw this at the Jump Blues Killers page on FB. Good stuff.

**MarkRhodes** · 07-15-2016, 09:03 PM

Earlier, we heard Bill Jennings do "Glide On." That's a great record. Here's a take on the tune by Duke Robillard with his jazz trio. More laid back than Bill's version, but tasty playing throughout.

**Stevebol** · 07-15-2016, 10:00 PM

Fats...

**Stevebol** · 07-15-2016, 10:02 PM

I saw Duke in a tiny bar in Buffalo back around late 80's. He can play.

**MarkRhodes** · 07-15-2016, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by Stevebol

Fats...

Yeah, Fats had it going on. I've picked up a few things from him. And I liked the Blasters too.

**neatomic** · 07-15-2016, 10:07 PM

always good to see this thread reappear!

was digging this jimmy nolen track just this morn...it's probably already in this thread but always good to hear

great lead tone

cheers

**MarkRhodes** · 07-15-2016, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by Stevebol

I saw Duke in a tiny bar in Buffalo back around late 80's. He can play.

Yeah, Duke can play. He had a shoulder problem last year / early this year and had to do some gigs where he just sang while a young guy whose name escapes me (Mike something) handled the hot guitar parts.

Duke did an acoustic blues record that won him an award. It's good stuff. He's still very active and has something coming out soon. Still teaches at Sonic Junction. (While his arm was messed up---I'm not sure what the problem was---other guys posted lessons while Duke made some off-camera comments. He's been around a long time and excels at every kinda blues I know of. He once said he thought of himself as a "swinging blues" player. He really loves that stuff.

Here's a swinging blues of Duke's

**lawson-stone** · 07-15-2016, 10:43 PM

Might not be exactly "jump" but I love these guys. And for what it's worth, their guitarist, James Achor, often plays a blond Gibson L4ces, other times something that looks like an L5ces.

**MarkRhodes** · 07-16-2016, 09:42 AM

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis doing "Ravin' at the Haven," an early jump blues classic.

**MarkRhodes** · 07-19-2016, 05:50 PM

Duke Robillard and Jimmie Vaughan, from a disc included in an old issue of "Guitar Player." (No video.)

**rictroll** · 07-19-2016, 07:10 PM

Maybe a stretch...Tiny Grimes featuring Charlie Parker

**Thumpalumpacus** · 07-20-2016, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by MarkRhodes

Earlier, we heard Bill Jennings do "Glide On." That's a great record. Here's a take on the tune by Duke Robillard with his jazz trio. More laid back than Bill's version, but tasty playing throughout.

I've got Duke's Blues. He's one hell of a player.

**MarkRhodes** · 07-20-2016, 09:46 PM

Just found this on Facebook. Three Bill Doggett cuts featuring two guitarists who cut some killer sides with him: Billy Butler and Bill Jennings.

**BigToe** · 07-21-2016, 06:13 PM

Jim Hall said in an interview that this tune with CC and Benny Goodman was the one that got him into playing guitar.

Originally Posted by MarkRhodes

Some Charlie Christian in a boogie-boogie vein. Great two-chorus solo.

**MarkRhodes** · 07-21-2016, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by BigToe

Jim Hall said in an interview that this tune with CC and Benny Goodman was the one that got him into playing guitar.

I had no idea! Thanks for mentioning that. It's a fun tune. I was playing it the other night.

**BigToe** · 07-21-2016, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by MarkRhodes

I had no idea! Thanks for mentioning that. It's a fun tune. I was playing it the other night.

around 12:00

**neatomic** · 07-21-2016, 07:56 PM

not jump...but jim hall had a group with joe lovano..that was called grand slam!

here's title track- slam!! writ by jim

was also just reading tal farlow interview..heard cc and benny goodman on radio broadcasts while working nights as a young sign painter...flipped for charlie c..learned it all note for note

cheers

**Thumpalumpacus** · 07-22-2016, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by BigToe

Jim Hall said in an interview that this tune with CC and Benny Goodman was the one that got him into playing guitar.

Gosh, if'n I could play like that!

**setemupjoe** · 07-22-2016, 01:58 AM

Originally Posted by lawson-stone

Might not be exactly "jump" but I love these guys. And for what it's worth, their guitarist, James Achor, often plays a blond Gibson L4ces, other times something that looks like an L5ces.

That's actually me on guitar. James Achor left the band around 2000 and I've been playing with them since 2002. The guitar in that clip is a Super V. James played a 175 I believe.

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**MarkRhodes** · 07-27-2016, 07:55 PM

Just found this (-it's not new): a 17-minute interview / lesson by Duke Robillard.

He talks about Bill Jennings and Billy Butler being his biggest influences.

Note: the sound isn't great, but there are some choice nuggets in what Duke says / plays.

**neatomic** · 07-27-2016, 10:05 PM

nice clip..and reaffirms my belief that freddie green was the king of comp

duke thinks quick on the draw & really knows his stuff

cheers

**MarkRhodes** · 07-28-2016, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by neatomic

nice clip..and reaffirms my belief that freddie green was the king of comp

duke thinks quick on the draw & really knows his stuff

Yeah, he does. I prefer his swingin' blues to his Chicago / down home blues stuff. (He does the latter well too but I've lost interest in playing it, so I don't listen to much of it.)

I wonder if he and Mickey Baker ever met.....

**MarkRhodes** · 08-15-2016, 09:17 AM

Speaking of Mickey Baker.....(I still work in this guy's book.)

**neatomic** · 08-15-2016, 04:23 PM

always love mickey baker...here he is blazing away right out of the gate on louis jordans remake..caldonia '56

& of course our own rob mackillop has these great u-tube tutorials of mickey b's books

cheers

**neatomic** · 08-17-2016, 05:17 PM

can't go wrong with a guitar shuffle..especially by lowell fulson...he was known to use the triple pup gibby es-5 and later a gretsch white falcon!

tough sound

and here's a very cool (but edited short) clip of him live in action

cheers

**MarkRhodes** · 10-19-2016, 09:25 AM

Here's Rodney Gene Junior doing Bill Jennings' "Big Boy."
Rodney's a member of our community, so give him a warm welcome, if you please.

**citizenk74** · 10-22-2016, 10:30 PM

Welcome, RG! Nice playing!

**neatomic** · 02-24-2017, 01:15 AM

dustin' this thread off..like lint on a phonograph needle...legendary mezz mezzrow side with charlie christian contemporary- the great teddy bunn on guitar

cheers

**neatomic** · 09-15-2020, 06:49 PM

still like me some jump blues...& feel better when this thread is around!! haha

harold burrage- hi -yo silver

cheers

**MarkRhodes** · 09-16-2020, 11:00 AM

You got to swing before you can jump. ;o)

**MarkRhodes** · 09-16-2020, 11:06 AM

Chris Corcoran on Tiny Grimes. (By the way, what kind of guitar is that? Never saw fret markers like that!)

**MarkRhodes** · 09-16-2020, 11:11 AM

Answer found here: It's a Framus.

**Phil59** · 09-16-2020, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by MarkRhodes

Duke Robillard doing "Love Slipped In"

I know this is an old post, but I just saw it. This happens to be my favorite Robillard tune. He played it live for at least several years before recording it. I first heard it at the Bottom Line in NYC. Then another time, I requested it and he played it. The three versions varied quite a bit because the instrumentation was different each time.

**MarkRhodes** · 09-16-2020, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Phil59

I know this is an old post, but I just saw it. This happens to be my favorite Robillard tune. He played it live for at least several years before recording it. I first heard it at the Bottom Line in NYC. Then another time, I requested it and he played it. The three versions varied quite a bit because the instrumentation was different each time.

Thanks for the insight.
In recent years I've enjoyed his jazz trio setting material. Always like to hear him play uptempo blues. (I've been working on his "Duke Jumps the Blues" from a book of his material.) I'm currently signed up for his lessons at Sonic Junction.

Just found this: four tunes done by Herb Ellis and Duke Robillard. (Flying Home, Jivin' In Rhythm, Stuffy, and Avalon.) Video contains some nice pics of the guys--mostly Duke-- and their album covers.

**neatomic** · 09-16-2020, 04:11 PM

under recorded bandleader, vocalist & guitarist- johnnie brown

i'm gonna stop (foolin' around)

cheers

ps- johnnie was a charlie christian devotee

**Phil59** · 09-16-2020, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by Tommy Harkenrider

Here is another fun one today. I've been into the French Blues pickers. I think there is something special in how they swing and phrase.

Cornball to start, but check out the solo! And the visuals are good too.

**Phil59** · 09-16-2020, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by MarkRhodes

Thanks for the insight.
In recent years I've enjoyed his jazz trio setting material. Always like to hear him play uptempo blues. (I've been working on his "Duke Jumps the Blues" from a book of his material.) I'm currently signed up for his lessons at Sonic Junction.

Just found this: four tunes done by Herb Ellis and Duke Robillard. (Flying Home, Jivin' In Rhythm, Stuffy, and Avalon.) Video contains some nice pics of the guys--mostly Duke-- and their album covers.

Great stuff, thanks! I just bought the album, which is "Conversations in Swing Guitar."

**MarkRhodes** · 09-17-2020, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Phil59

Great stuff, thanks! I just bought the album, which is "Conversations in Swing Guitar."

There's also "More Conversations..." Good stuff. I really like the way they do "Moten Swing." (That's a curious tune in that the head is played differently by nearly everyone who does it! "Stuffy" is another one that is played differently by different folk.)

I should do a separate post on "Moten Swing"....